More than 110 soldiers with the 101st Airborne Division have returned home to Fort Campbell from their deployment in Africa.
101st Airborne Division officials said the soldiers, assigned to the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, reunited with the families following a brief ceremony the division parade field Tuesday.
While deployed, Army officials said the soldiers supported the East Africa Response Force, which provides a combat-ready rapid deployment capability to support crisis operations across Africa.
The East Africa Response Force, which operates under the auspices of United States Africa Command, has been called upon in the recent past. In January, the response force deployed to Manda Bay, Kenya, following the attack on the Kenya Defense Force base.
The soldiers who were welcomed home Tuesday deployed from Fort Campbell in May.
